In The News
Entrepreneur Magazine names SOM's entrepreneur program best in New England
SOM’s Entrepreneurship Program has been chosen as one of the 25 best programs in the nation - and number one in New England - by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, which surveyed more than 700 schools to arrive at their top choices.
The Simmons entrepreneurship program ranked 18th out of the top 25 programs nationally in the graduate program category. The ranking appears in the October issue of Entrepreneur, which will go on sale at newsstands Sept. 26th. Earlier this year SOM’s entrepreneurship program was named one of the 10 most innovative in the country by Fortune Small Business magazine.
Simmons named one of "50 Top Colleges for African Americans" by Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise magazine, a respected national business magazine for African Americans, has named Simmons College as one of the nation’s “50 top colleges for African Americans” in its September 2006 issue.
U.S. News & World Report & Princeton Review rank Simmons as a top college in the country
Simmons College has been named a “Best College” in the 2007 U.S. News & World Report rankings of “America’s Top Colleges.” Simmons was also named in the 2007 Princeton Review “Best 361 Colleges.”
Prof. Blake-Beard to present at Omega Institute
On October 13, Simmons SOM Associate Professor Stacy Blake-Beard will be presenting at the Omega Institute’s “Enlightened Power: How Women are Changing the Way we Live” at the Rhinebeck Campus, Rhinebeck, New York. Blake-Beard will be presenting “The Inextricable Link Between Mentoring and Leadership.”
Professor Susan Hass presented '10 Steps to Enterprise Risk Management' in July at the 5th Global Conference on Business and Economics in Cambridge, England, and at the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development Conference in Paris, France. Each conference focused on the international aspect of management concepts as they are applied globally.
SOM mentioned as a “women-friendly MBA program” in PINK
The August/September 2006 issue of PINK magazine also included “The MBA Factor: Make the grade and pump up your earning power” featuring the SOM as a “women-friendly MBA program.”
Ernst & Young sponsors “Women on the Verge II: Corporate Power in Latin America”
Ernst & Young has generously sponsored Associate Professor Sylvia Maxfield’s work on the project “Women on the Verge II: Corporate Power in Latin America.” The funds will allow an expanded survey of Latin American businesses to update Dr. Maxfield’s 2005 report “Women on the Verge,” which was the first and only regionally comprehensive report on women’s roles in corporate Latin America.
Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) unanimously approves Simmons College's Plan for new School of Management and academic building with underground garage and green quad.
The plans by Cannon Design include an environmentally 'green' building and 715 car garage. Simmons's excellent reputation in the community was a large factor in this unanimous approval by the BRA. Not a single person spoke in opposition to the proposal, which is most unusual. Several spoke in favor of it, citing Simmons's extraordinary involvement with community and neighborhood organizations. Click to view the latest design of the building from the east, and the south.
Alumnae in the news:
Harriette Chandler '83 was featured in a Worcester Telegram and Gazette story on September 20, 2006, "Chandler Wins in Landslide Vote." Chandler, State Senator from Worcester, MA won the democratic primary in a 3:1 ratio over newcomer Deirdre Healy. Chandler will face Republican candidate Paul Nordborg in the general election.
We are sad to share the news that former SOM Dean Patricia O’Brien '77, our friend and colleague, lost her stepdaughter, Anna Badaracco, on August 21 in a tragic car accident. Our hearts and thoughts go out to Pat for her loss. Pat’s address is: Pat O'Brien, Currier House, 64 Linnaean St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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Posted on July 18, 2006 05:01 PM
